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Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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ELAPSED TIME RECORDER.

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ELAPSED TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION mno Aus.12.191s.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicEo y JOSEPH I. LINER, OF DEMAREST, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE COSTIMETER COMPANY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ELAPSED-TIME RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed August 12, 1916. Serial No. 114,579.

be made upon a single card', so that a workman occupied upon a. number of jobs during the working'day can conveniently recordvthe time expended on each of the jobs and hand inl a complete time record vshowing ,the proper allotment of his days time, from which the oilice record can be made up.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide improved means for accurately registeringdifferent cards with respect to the time recording mechanism even though said cards may varyin width and thickness.

Another object is to provide an improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts in a time recording mechanism.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and be pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In carrying out my object, I have arranged a series of time operated stamps in complementary pairs and provided suitable ticket positioning devices for presenting a time check or'ticket in successive printing positions with reference to said time stamps, so that the manually produced impressions will be superimposed one upon another to give upon each of the combined impressions the visual.record of the time elapsed between the two su erimposed impressions which were made, or instance, at the start and finish of the particular operation to be timed. With this arrangement, each impression of the time stamps gives with one complementary part of each pair of dies, the time of starting the operation, and with the other complementary art'of each pair of dies, the time of finishing thel operation.

Each impression made' for recording the finish of an operation, automatically records the time of starting of the succeeding operation, on the assumption that-the next operation c'ommences immediately. 4In a case in which there is an idle-period, or a period of work not associated with the card record in question, the starting time ofthe job next to be recorded upon the card in question, will,'of course, have to be recorded by a new impression upon \the card. This newvimpression will show the time which i has elapsed since the completion of the next preceding job, which can be noted upon the card as idle time or as connected with some other matter according as circumstances may dictate.

'The preferred form of ticket positioning device, comprises a ticket guideway leading to a position between time controlled dies or stamps and the cooperating impression platen anda ticket cutting knife larranged vto be operated simultaneously vwith the printing platen for severing a part of the ticket at one edge as each impression is made. The stop for limiting the insertion of the ticket in the machine is preferably in the form of a heel projecting at right angles to the cutting edge of an oscillating knife. By this means the ticket having the first impression of the dies upon it, will also have portions of the edge out away to form a new gaging edge or shoulder separated from the original lgagi-ng edge (or'bottom of the original ticket), the same distance that separates the printing dies. By this means the ticket'when presented in the machine for a second impression will have its new engaging edge brought in contact with the limited stop to make sure that the parts of the first and second impressions of the dies will be accurately superimposed.

It will be understood that the complementary printing dies are operated by suitable time mechanisms through an arrangement of gears to cause them to rotate in unison. The preferred arrangement for operating the dies is an electromagnetic step by step mechanism under the control ot a master clock.

In the drawings which show la simple and efiicientembodiment of my invention,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the working parts Q f a time recorder constructed in accordance with the principles ofthe present invention, vparts being `broken away and the housing shown in Section;

Fig. 2 isaltransve'rse'sectionof lthe oppositely arranged guides of the Vcard chute, parts being shown in plan;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation ot' the mechanism shown 2in Fig.' Al?, parts beingbroken away and'the housing shown in; section;

Fig. et is a front elevation of the periodil.czrlly operated driving. mechanism, par-ts .-be

-ingfbroken-away; i A

A Fighe is a front :elevation ot' the time recording dies;

Fig. '6 is a-side elevation of the same.

Aparts being broken away.;

- Fig.7fis a v'rear' elevation of the gearing; Fig. .8 :shows a -time card after the fiirs't impression; and ig. .9 rshbWSa time card' after a vnumber .ofi successiveimp'rcssions have been made.

.Referring more:particularlyl to the 'drawings, Iinfthe embodiment shownther'ein, the housing Lincludesa bottom wall which con- -.S titutesa b'ase plate for carrying the spaced :bearing :blocks2 within `which 4is journaled 'ally' spaced.I guides 114 fprov'ided with grooves l'finitheir inwardly presented edges so'as to form F chutes lfor/cards whichY are to. have time vrcccrds 'printed thereon. The innermost wall' 1:6 otheslot Ain the right 4handl guide 14 according tof Figs. 2 and 3'. -forms afsur- Aface for gaging: the :position of a card in the chute while the left'hand guide is slotted intotheigroove '15 to accommodate one arm of'a :vibratry flever 16which :is pivoted 'at '17 "on aibracket '18. The other 'arm'ofsaid lever is provided with'a -cam surface19, (see f1 'fand 12) which lis 'engaged by la cam rbar'20. 'carried lby the lever arm 7. It-will be'understood from this description that.

whenever the 'handle -5 zis depressed, the 'in- 1ward"movementfo'f lcam bar 2O oscillates lever '16=so'thatf a card zwhich'hasloeen' deposited tin 'the 'chute '14, Tvillfbe moved 1toward'th'e right according to Fig. 2 to gage it against the inner'wall I16 Yof theiright Ahand'slot 1:5. Referring nowto Figs. f1 nd'2,a `.l'everfarm2l `which fi's? carried *by *the transverse shaft i8 is "adjustablyconnected ito an inpression "pad 22 by means of a pin 23 movable in slots 24 formed in bearing lugs 25, which are rigid with the pad 22. The impression pad 22 cooperates with the dies 26, 27, 28 and 29, which are journaled in bearings rigid with a plate 30. Dies 26 and 27, for convenience, may be termed indicators and in distinction thereto, dies 28 and 29 may be termed dials,

`the 'die-28`lbeing provided with numbers Irep- -resentingfhours, while the die 29 is provided with numbers representing minutes. As these dials rotate, the numbers thereon are successively brought opposite to `indicator .marks-3l lon a fixed bracket 32, thus indicating the .time of day which is recorded onl the 'card at each impression. According to Fig. ,4, the dial dies rotate in a clockwise direction, the arrow dies also rotating in a clockwise direction. Keyed to the'shafts 33 and 34C which carry dies 26'and 28, are gears 35 and 36 which mesh with an interposed idler 37. Dies 27 and 2S) are carried by shafts 38 and 39 .which alsoi'carry zgears 40 and '41, which mesh with an interposed idler 42. As shown in Figs. 4t andG, shafts 38 and 39 ex- `tendfthrough Va forward plate 12andv have .keyed thereto the ratchet gears 44h-and 45,by meansof lwhich the dialsmaybe positively locked in lposition at each ,operatiom Between 'the ratchet45 andplate 1-2, is lanother lratchet 46 which isfoperatably engaged bya .spring-pressed pawl 47, which is pivoted at 48 to @extension-49 carried by one armof the forked'upper end of aivibratony lever 50 which is Apivoted at.51. The Alower armof said lever 50 is provided withan armature '52 to adapt said lever to be .positivelyfmoved in onev direction by a magnet-53 'which may be periodically energized by a masterlconx'trolled time system. This'movement, =how ever, `is the ineffective .or lreturn lmovement, the effective movement beingproduccd 4by a spring 54 so' thatin case-themagnet53 is zen- -ergized at somefinstantduring an .impression operation, the pawll 47 :will be properly Ip0- sitioned for action as soonfas'thediesare .-relieved'rom the'impression pressure. A dog 55 pivotedIv to plate 12. 'locks the :ratchet against retrogression. The extension 49 also ycarries a locking-dog 56 which periodically comes into engagement with a tooth ofthe ratchet 44' at .about Athe 4end of -each tooth movement produced'by pawl- 47. l Other 'locking 'dogs 43 and 57 carried oppslte Ibranches of the pperf'end-of lever 50 are 'a1- ternately ymoved into 'engagement with `the teeth of ratchet 45 during theoscillations ot lever 50. This lmechanism constitutes'fimproved means forfeliminatingthe effects ot' backlash inthe geared co'nnecti'oifs'and also prevents -overtravel v'due to inertia `oi the parts. Shaft V39 is connected by suitable gears '58. 59, 60arnd 61 to shaft 34 forrotatin shaft "34, .once for every twelve 'revolufrom shaft 8, 'is acted uponl by a' spring 6.3

and tends to hold the impression pad 22 away from the dies. Another arm is connected by a lost motion pin 65, and slot 66 connected to one endof a link 67, the other end of said link being connected to one arm of a shearing lever 68 which is pivoted on a -which coperates with a fixed shear blade 7 2 forrcutting away successive portions of one edge of the-card and thereby forming shoulders atl successively different points on said card.- A ribbon holding spool or drum 73 may be journaled in brackets 7 4 and the ribbon is passed by suitable guides over the faces of the dies 26, 27, 28 and 29, a feeding movement being imparted thereto by a spool or holder 7 5 journaled in the spaced arms 76 of a bracket, said spool being provided with a worm gear 77 keyed thereto driven by a worm 78 on a shaft 79. Keyed to the worm shaft 7 9 is also a ratchet 80 which is periodically operated by a pawl 81 mounted on an oscillatory lever 82, which is connected by a link 83 to the operating lever 4. The operation of the machine will now be readily understood.

The card is inserted head down in the chute and at the first operation performed thereon, the scale dials 84 and 85 are recorded to show the time of day (five oclock in the present instance) according to Figs. 8 and 9. At the same time the arrows 86 and 87 are recorded in such a position that at the neXt operation, the meanwhile rotating dials will superimpose a dial impression which will give the elapsed time as sho-wn in the second row of Fig. 9. At each operation, a recess 88 is cut equal in length to the distance between the center lines of arrows and dials in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 shows the result of four complete operations, the shoulder 89 et seg. being adapted at each successive operation to rest on the shoulder on lever 68. The features which differentiate this machine from that at present well known art, -are set forth in the claims.

I claim l. In a time printing mechanism, a plurality of time recording instrumentalities arranged to operate on a card, and means for successively positioning said card to bring one and the same portion thereof into recording positions with respect to said iustrumentalities at different times.

2. In a time printing mechanism, a plurality of time recording instrumentalities arranged to operate on a card, and means for successively positioning said card to bring one and the same portion thereof into positions to receive impressions from said instrumentalities respectively at different times, said instrumentalities being adapted to record on said card portion the beginning and ending of a period of time.

3. In a machine of the character described, time-recording mechanism comprising spaced instrumentalities for recording the beginning and ending respectivelyof time periods, and means for successivelypositioning a card to bring one and-the same portion thereof into recording positions with respect to said instrumentalities.

4.- In a machine of the character 'described, time-recording mechanism comprising spaced instrumentalities-for recording the beginning and ending respectively of time periods, and meansfor successively positioning-a card to bring one and the same portion thereof into recording* osi- -tions with respect4 to said instrumentallties,

said instruinentalities being simultaneously operated on different portions of said card.

5. In a time printing mechanism, a plurality of time recording instrumentalities arranged to simultaneously operate on different' portions of a card, and means for successively positioning said card to bring a given portion thereof into positions to receive impressions from said instrumentalities at diiierent times.

6. In a machine of the character described, a card receptacle, means for cutting successive portions from a card inserted into said receptacle, recording instrumentalities arranged to print superposed records on said card in' its different positions and means for rotating said instrumentalities. 7. In a machine of the character described, time reoording means adapted at one operation to record the beginningof one time period and the ending of a prior time period, said recording means being also adapted at another operation to record the ending of the rst mentioned time period, said time recording means including a periodically movable die holder, and dies carried by said die holder for simultaneously recording upon a time card the beginning and ending of different periods vof time.

8. In a machine of the ,character described, time recording means adapted at one operation to make separate records corresponding respectively to the beginning of one time period and the ending of, a prior time period, said recording means being also adapted at another operation to record the ending of the firstpmentioned time period, said time recording means includin a periodically movable die holder, and dies carried by said die holder for simultaneously recording upon a time card the beginning and ending of different periods of time, and

means actuated'ateach operation of the machine for controllingv the position of a time cardfor another operation.

9. In a ma'hine'of the character described, periodically operated stamping dies includingI dial'stam'ps and indicator stamps rotatable on different axes, means for engag ing 'a shoulder Ona card for holding said card in operative position with respect to said stamping dies, and means for cutting successive portions fromzsaid card-'cochange the location of said shoulder on the card to loca'one and the "same portion of said card with respect to diiierent stamp-ing dies at successive operations.

10. In a machine of the character described, instrumentalities rotatable about spaced axes and adapted to make complementary impressions which together record a lapse of time, and means for differently positioning 4acard at successive operations of said machinel to arrange one and the same portion of said cardin recording posispaced from the rotary axes of said dials,

and means -for positioning a cardtoV arrange one andthe same portion thereofiin positions to be recorded upon by a dial and pointer successively.

' 12. In en -machine of thelfcharacter, de- 35 scribed,-hour" and -minutexf'dials rotatable about spaced axes, hour and minute pointers, rotatable about spaced axes which are also spaced from the rotary axesof saiddiaIS,

and means for positioning a card to arrange 40 one and the .samel portion thereof in positions to be recorded' uponv by -a 'dial .and pointer successively, said pointersrotating relatively to said dials.

JOS. I. LINER. 

